The tail drew seven crowns and ten horns upon that old serpent’s head. “He is called Revelation, who cause the whole world. Take him as worthy reward attired like the Whore of Babylon reaching the third part of the stars. Do not cause him to die.” ° Clutch the garment gladly, find it with such difficulty the life persuades back to the body (“native prison”). To gaze on death (“holy beasts”), that earthly form. And God said too late “Let there be,” and the piercing light faltered into two shapes of the tree: an allusion to time (of sorrow) and reward (of death). ° Beaten, the top of the helmet glitters with anguish flashing as the stroke comes over the shoulder with power. Splendid evening stars. The shield made of one solid diamond, unflawed except with magnificence. In the Letter to Raleigh , it is identified with virtues, containing them all: th...